Gentlemen at the bat
Subtitle: a fictional oral history of the New York Knickerbockers and the early days of base ball
By: Howard Burman.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780786447206
Subjects: New York Knickerbockers (Baseball team) -- History; Baseball -- New York (State) -- History
Description: "Organized in 1845, the New York Knickerbockers were the first fully organized base ball club to play the game with written rules. Based on years of research and told in the style of oral history, this fictional work features all the principal figures, including Doc Adams, James Whyte Davis, Alexander Cartwright, William Wheaton, and Duncan Curry"--Provided by publisher.